Complaints Against Illegal Deductions By Mobile Operators Can Be Filed In Consumer Forums: HP SCDRC [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld an order of District Consumer Forum that had allowed a customer's complaint against 'illegal deduction' by Airtel.Rohit Sharma complained before the District Forum that the Airtel deducted an amount of Rs.200 in an illegal manner from his main account. It was alleged that, thereafter an amount to the tune of Rs.148...

Bombay HC Directs Maharashtra DGP To Set Up SIT To Conduct A Fresh Investigation In Alleged Fake Encounter Case [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has directed the Director General of Police, Maharashtra to set up a Special Investigation Team in order to conduct a fresh probe into the death of one Sham Athwale who suffered from 40% disability and was killed in an alleged fake encounter.Police claimed that Athwale opened fire at them and so they had to fire back killing him in the process.A division bench of Justice...

Once Occupation Certificate Is Received, Developer Has No Justifiable Cause To Delay Conveyance In Favour Of Flat Buyers, Says Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant decision which could pave way for many homebuyers awaiting conveyance, the Bombay High Court has held that once full occupation certificate has been received by the developer, there was no justifiable cause for it not issuing any conveyance deed in favour of the purchasers of flats. The order has been passed by a bench of Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice A M Badar...

Delhi HC Paves Way For Aspiring Engineer Who Cleared Class XII In 2017 To Take JEE Advanced Exams [Read Judgment]

Criterion 4 stipulates that the candidate ought to have appeared, for the first time, in her, or his, XII Class Examination, in 2018 or 2019 whereas the petitioner had appeared in his Class XII exams in the year 2017.

Flag Code Doesn't Mandate That National Flag Should Be Hoisted On All Days On The Public Buildings: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a plea for hoisting of the National Flag every day on the public buildings. There is no mandate in the Flag Code of India that the National Flag should be hoisted on all days on the public buildings, said the bench comprising the Chief Justice SK Seth and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla. Shyam Narayan Chouksey had approached the High Court...

Can Investigating Officer Determine Sex Of A Transgender By Conducting Biological Tests? U'Khand HC Asks State

Can an investigation officer, by conducting DNA tests, determine the sex or gender of a transgender person who underwent gender reassignment surgery and refuse to accept the changed gender? the Uttarakhand High Court has asked the State to give its reply.The petitioner, in this case, had filed a complaint alleging that she was raped. She identified herself as a female and that she had...

Priyadarshini Mattoo Case: HC Grants Parole To Convict For LLM Exam

The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted three-week parole to Santosh Kumar Singh, who is serving life term for the 1996 rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo, to write his LLM examination. Justice Mukta Gupta granted the parole to Singh for appearing in final year examination of LLM (Master of Laws). The court said Singh's examinations are scheduled to commence from May...

Air And Water Pollution: NGT Fines IOCL, Panipat Refinery Rs.17.31 Cr For Violations [Read Order]

The principal bench of National Green Tribunal at Delhi recently imposed a fine of Rs.17.31 crore on the Indian Oil Corporation Limited's (IOCL) refinery in Panipat, for violation of environmental norms by polluting water and air. The said decision was taken by a coram comprising of Chairperson Justice AK Goel, Justice SP Wangdi, Justice K Ramakrishnan and expert member Dr. Nagin...

Child Born Out Of Second Marriage Is Entitled To Get Compassionate Appointment : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has quashed an order of the Bengaluru Development Authority whereby appointment on compassionate ground was rejected on account of the applicant being born out of the second marriage of its deceased employee. The Authority's order was based on a 2013 decision of the division bench of the High Court which had held that a child born out of a second marriage of...

How Is Compensation For Victims Of Acid Attacks Determined: HC Asks DSLSA

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the state legal services authority here, DSLSA, how it determines the compensation to be awarded to victims of acid attacks.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani posed the query to the Delhi State Legal Services Authority while hearing a plea by a woman, who claimed to be an acid attack victim, seeking enhancement of...

Construction In CRZ Area Cannot Be Permitted Without Concurrence Of Coastal Zone Management Authority: SC Orders Demolition Of Buildings

"We take judicial notice of recent devastation in Kerala which had taken place due to such unbriddled construction activities resulting into collossal loss of human life and property."

Thanks To Delhi HC, Murder Accused Takes State Civil Service Prelims [Read Judgment]

A murder accused lodged in Delhi Jail on Sunday was able to attempt the Manipur Civil Service (Combined) Competitive Preliminary Exams 2019 after the Delhi High Court allowed him to travel to Manipur via flight in police custody. While passing the order, the court was mindful of the poor financial status of the accused as it directed the Prison Department of the Delhi government to bear...